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Not on the same scale as this, but I was left with a similar feeling of 'why did nobody bother to help' trying to leave a supermarket a while ago. After filling the car with freezer items, I departed the parking space only to find the whole carpark log-jammed. Slowly we all inched towards the exit and one car at a time squeezed out onto the main road.

After an hour I got to the exit to find the cause of the problem. An old chap had broken down in the middle of the traffic lights, this had brought all 3 directions governed by the lights to a standstill.

I simply hopped out the car, check he was OK then pushed his car out of the junction, up onto the pavement and freed up the junction. I could not believe that no one else has seen fit to help this old gent and would rather sit with ice-cream slowly defrosting than get out and help.

After this the roads cleared like pulling a plug out of the sink. I drove off with a wave to the chap and saw the RAC van heading in his direction. But, looking back I find it hard to believe that for an hour people were happy to let this chap just sit there and simply squeeze on by.

Probably a rhetorical question above I assume?The profession that has "no win no fee" as its slogan?.Calling the police makes you a witness in any possible criminal trial where you can get ripped apart in the box.Simply filming means showing your mates down the pub or posting on you tube.Or if it's really good it could go on "you've been framed".Jaded

Jade is right - the balance has shifted to the point where the risks of 'doing the right thing' are too high in many parts of the country. why? largely due to the legal system and the legal professions treatment of witnesses, and the states inability to protect witnesses outside court.

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